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Synonyms for "sessile" in English

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sessile:
- stalkless; sessile

English

Detailed Synonyms for sessile in English

sessile:

sessile adj

sessile

– attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk ¹
stalkless; sessile
– attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk ¹
- stalkless adj
- sessile adj
  - sessile flowers¹
  - the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate¹
sessile

– permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about ¹
sessile
– permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about ¹
- sessile adj
  - sessile marine animals and plants¹

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Antonyms for "sessile":

vagile; pedunculate

Related Definitions for "sessile":

attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk¹
- sessile flowers¹
- the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate¹
permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about¹
- sessile marine animals and plants¹

Related Synonyms for sessile

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